Wellness English
Gut health on packaging often means a marketing claim. Look for strain names and evidence, not a vibe.
NHS and CDC-style advice still starts with food patterns, not a capsule ranking. This atlas will not sell a strain.
The local trap is test kits mailed to homes. Sequencing a stool is not a diagnosis. Read the myths chapter before you buy a score.
Local notes
Fiber first
Public diet advice still beats a random capsule for most healthy adults — food, not a protocol.
After antibiotics
English patient leaflets mention flora disruption. Recovery is food and time, not a secret cleanse.
Official pages own schedules and treatment. This atlas does not.
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Probiotics
Live microbes in food or capsules — strain-specific guests, not a whole microbiome and not medical advice.
Familiarity 90Fermentation
Microbes turning food into kimchi, doenjang, yoghurt and other living crafts — chemistry plus culture.
Familiarity 85Skin microbiome
A site-specific living film — oily, moist and dry neighbourhoods, not a sterile wrapper.
Familiarity 62Soil microbes
The hidden workforce of land — decomposers, mycorrhizae and a mostly uncultured majority.
Familiarity 48Nitrogen cycle
How microbes move nitrogen between air, soil, water and food — plus the industrial shortcut that feeds billions.
Familiarity 40